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By Mayo Clinic staffHaving a family history of a primary immune deficiency disorder increases your risk of having primary immunodeficiency. Unlike other acquired immune system disorders you can catch — such as HIV/AIDS — a primary immunodeficiency disorder can't be spread from one person to another.
- Primary immunodeficiency. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/primary_immuno.cfm. Accessed May 31, 2009.
- Introduction: Immunodeficiency disorders. The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec13/ch164/ch164a.html?qt=primary immunodeficiency&alt=sh. Accessed May 31, 2009.
- 10 warning signs of primary immunodeficiency. Primary Immunodeficiency Resource Center of The Jeffrey Modell Foundation. Accessed May 31, 2009.
- Primary immunodeficiency diseases. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. http://www.aaaai.org/patients/topicofthemonth/0407/. Accessed May 31, 2009.
- Specific medical therapy. In: Blaese R, et al. IDF Patient and Family Handbook for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. 4th ed. Towson, Md.: Immune Deficiency Foundation; 2007. Accessed June 3, 2009.
